I love to ride and and have done rides in the alps. yes they are hard but in the tour let them ride the hard stuff that's what the tour is all about. get doping out. but making the races easy wont change things the group may ride slower but they can ride the the great climbs that's what they do. the alp two times thats cool they are pros and they will pace themselves as needed please dont water down the great races because of some----dopers Rmonty